💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deteriate"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deteriorateverb | (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
| denegrateverb | Misspelling of denigrate. [(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.] |
| disimproveverb | (transitive, rare) To make worse. |
| degradeverb | (transitive) To lower in value or social position. |
| worsenverb | (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse. |
| destoryverb | Misspelling of destroy. [(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.] |
| worst | (for non-slang definitions) superlative form of bad: most bad |
| impairverb | (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. |
| depreciateverb | (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. |
| deterrnoun | Misspelling of deter. [(transitive) To prevent something from happening.] |
| deperishverb | (intransitive, rare) To waste away; to deteriorate. |
| decaynoun | (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition. |
| aggrevateverb | Misspelling of aggravate. [To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.] |
| viliorateverb | (rare, obsolete) To lessen the quality of; to degenerate. |
| degenerate | (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal. |
| denigrateverb | (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. |
| debaseverb | (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade. |
| devaluateverb | (transitive) To devalue, reduce in value. |
| worse | More severely or seriously. |
| dessicateverb | Misspelling of desiccate. [(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.] |
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